Carrier or holder for artificial bait



F. H. CAMPBELL CARRIER 0R HOLDER FOR ARTIFICIAL BAIT Feb. 23 ,1926. 1,574,416

Filed April 17, 1925 Wad 2Q:

ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 23, 1 926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK HOWARD CAMPBELL, OF LEWISBURG, WEST'VIRGINIA;

CARRIER OR HOLDERYFOR ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

-Application filed April 17, 1925. Serial No. 28,891.

' of supportingv and carrying a series of artifor the reception of the artificial minnows.

ficial minnows or lures which on account of their provision with numbers of gang hooks. are ordinarily difficult to convey while fishing and in such manner as to provide for their ready interchange.

A primary object; of my invention is the provision of a simple inexpensive carrier which the fisherman may carry 'upon his person and in which a series of artificial minnows may be supported and protected against danger of fouling and in such man-' nor as to permit of their ready release for selected individual use when the carrier is open.

A further object is the provision of a simple comparatively inexpensive device which ma be readily carried upon the person, which ma be easily packed away, and which will bee ective and efficient as a protector and supporter for artificial minnows and lures at all times.

In the accompanying drawingwhich illustrates my present invention and forms a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved carrier complete,

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section taken substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view looking at the inner face of one of the sections.

Referring now to'these figures, my invens tion proposes a carrier including two sec tions 10 and 11 which come into face to'face contact when closed, and which are so shaped as to permit of readlly stamping the sections from sheet metal, fiber or other suitable material. Each of the sections is i'ormed with spaced parallel indented or dished portions 12, which when together with the sections closed, form compartments or lures, one of which is seen at 13 in Figure 2,;the contacting portions of the sections between such compartments insuring the and the prevention of their fouling or entanglement due to the movements of the user from place to place. One of the sections has within each of its indented or dished portions 12 and at the upper end thereof a freely extending spring holder or arm 14 securely fastened atone end to the wall of the section, with its opposite end projecting outwardly beyond the dished portion 12 so that separate holding of the minnows or lures it is an easy matter to insert upon this holder or arm the upper hook 15 of an artificial minnow or lure, as well as to remove the same therefrom. When the two sections are closed, the holder or arm l lextends into the corresponding dished portion 12 of the other section 11 and into contact with the wall of the section so that while the sections are closed the artificial minnows or lures 13 cannot become detached, although when the sections are opened it becomes a simple easy.

matter to select the desired minnow and re- I move the same from the carrier for use.

Along their lower edges, at the lower ends of the several compartments formed by the dished or indented portions 12 the sections 10 and 11-are provided with cooperatirg tubular portions 16 adapted to form a hinge in connection with a hinge pin 17', the sevto the hinge as plainly seen so that when the a section 10 is dropped on the hinge to open ,eral compartments extending at right angles engaging loops 19, whereby the carrier may be supported upon a belt 20 indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, upon the persomof the user.

At their upper edges, the sections 10 and 11 are provided with laterally spaced tubu- I lar members 21 adapted to come into alinement when the sections are closed, and section 11 has at its upper edge a centrally disposed tubular portion22, the latter receiving the inner extensions of catch members having upstanding handle loops 23 and having outer extensions for projoctionthrough the tubular. portions 21 when the catches are shifted away from one another.

selecting theminnow desired, it is a si Thus with thecarrier supported upon the belt of the user it becomes a-simple matter to press the catches toward one another in the guides of the section 11. so that the section 10 will be freed and may fall or swing dovgfiwardly to open position, exposin the sev al artificial minnowsto -.view. ftrir p e matter for the operator to detach the same as the outer ends of the several curved hold- 'lng arms 14 are at this time projecting free ly outside of the indented or dished portion of the section 11. Selection and removal of one of the artificial minnows may 'be accomplished without danger of flisplacing the others on account of thenormal protection thereof against fouling or entanglement. After selectionandcremoval of the selected bait or lure has been accomplished,'it is an easy matter to swing-the section 10 upward- 1y to closed catches away om one another so as'to lock' the sections against danger of displacement.

I claim :1 A holder for artificial minnows, ..con-

sistingof a two-pant casing, the parts of j which are hingedly connected along one edge of the casing, means in connectionwith the opposite edges -dented or dished portion. parallelin another in a direction detachable fastening of the parts. said casing parts havingmone at right anges to the hinged edgesof the parts and forming separate minnow compartments when the c'asingfisclosed, and belt engaging loops whereby the carrier may be supporte on the person in use, said loops being mounted-exfposition and then shift theternally of one of the casing parts and disposed ed or dished portions thereof.

2. A holder for artificial minnows, consisting of a two-part casing, the parts of which are hingedly connected along one edge of the casing, detachable fastenin connection with the opposite ed parts, said casing parts having indented or dlshed portions paralleling one another in a direction at right angles to the hinge ges of the parallel with and between the,.;indentmeans in edges of the parts and forming separ e' or indented portions forming minnow holder compartments casing is closed, paralleling'one another in a direction at rlght angles to the hinged edgeof the casing, and a curved minnow supporting arm in each compartmentsecu red at one end within the upper end of the indented or dished portion vof one of the casing parts and projecting at its free end for engagement with the opposing indented portion when the casing isclosed.

- FRANK- HOWARDCAMPBELL.

along one edge and provided 

